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Bomber Harris, The Story of Sir Arthur Harris
by Saward, Dudley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/good
- ISBN 10
- 0385112580
- ISBN 13
- 9780385112581
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. 247 pages, indexed and illustrated with black and white photo sections. Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant, CH, CBE. Ex-library. The authorized biography of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, who ws the controversial advocate of saturation bombing during World War II. Navy boards with black cloth spine with titles on spine. Very light edge wear to cover, boards sprung at front hinge, library stamp on page edges and on title page, front end paper cut out, interior pages bright. Illustrated jacket with tan and light green titles has mylar cover, light edge wear to jacket, back cover of jacket darkened, not price clipped, mylar cover taped into book.
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- Seller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 01143
- Title
- Bomber Harris, The Story of Sir Arthur Harris
- Author
- Saward, Dudley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385112580
- ISBN 13
- 9780385112581
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- World War II, Royal Air Force, Military History, Aviation, biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
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